DARES Salaam.Dar-es-Salaam is Tanzania's largest CITY and its former capital. With a projected population of 5,275,315 in 2019, it is the largest city in East AFRICA and the seventh-largest in Africa.Dar-es-Salaam, on the Swahili coast, is an important economic hub and ONE of the world's fastest-growing cities.Until 1974, Dar-es-Salaam served as the capital city of Tanzania. In 1996, by order of President JULIUS Nyerere, the capital city began to move to Dodoma. In the arts, fashion, culture, music, film and television, it is Tanzania's most famous city and is a leading financial centre.For most tourists visiting Tanzania, the city is the main arrival and departure point, including the national parks for safaris and the islands of Unguja and Pemba. Dodoma is Tanzania's national capital and the capital of the Dodoma region.Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous Tanzanian region.